1 Gulden    (Venduta per $115.0)

1841, Wurttemberg (Kingdom), William I. Silver "Regnal Anniversary" Gulden Coin. aXF!

Condition: aXF!
Mint Year: 1841
References: KM-588.
Denomination: Gulden
Engraver: Carl Friedrich Voigt
Mint Place: Stuttgart (Germany)
Weight: 10.56gm
Diameter: 30mm
Material: Silver

Obverse: Head of William I. as king of Wurttemberg left.
Legend: WILHELM KÖNIG V. WÜRTTEMBERG

Reverse: Seated Tyche (personification of the state) leaning on shield of Wurttemberg, flanked by cupids.
Comment: The cupids are presenting her holding fasces (unity) anc cornucopia (prosperity).
Legend: ZUR FEIER 25..... JAEHRIGER REGIERUNG ("For the 25th regnal anniversary festivities")
Exergue: DEN 30 OCTOBER 1841 ("30th October, 1841")

William I (German: Wilhelm Friedrich Karl von Württemberg; September 27, 1781-June 25, 1864) was the second King of Württemberg from October 30, 1816 until his death.

He was born in Lüben, the son of King Frederick I of Württemberg (1754-1816) and his wife Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1764-1788).

On June 8, 1808, in Munich, he married Princess Charlotte of Bavaria (1792-1873), daughter of King Maximilian I of Bavaria (1756-1825) and Princess Augusta Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt (1765-1796). They divorced in 1814.

On January 24, 1816, in Saint Petersburg, he married his first cousin Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788-1819), daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia (1754-1801) and Princess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (1759-1828).

On April 15, 1820, in Stuttgart, he married another first cousin Duchess Pauline Therese of Württemberg (1800-1873), daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg (1756-1817) and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg (1780-1857).